1. a) Name the countries that border Gabon.
b) Name the capital of Gabon.
c) What is the population of Gabon?

2. What is significant about Sunday's presidential election in Gabon?

3. a) For what reasons should Gabon have one of Africa's most prosperous economies?
b) Why is Gabon instead ranked by the U.N. human development index at 107th out of 179 countries?

4. a) How could the Belinga mine benefit the citizens of Gabon?
b) Why has the Belinga mine remained unprofitable under the government of Gabon?

5. a) Why is it unclear whether if elected, any of the leading presidential candidates would be able to build the economy of Gabon?
b) How could a candidate be elected president by a small minority of voters?

6. Why do you think Gabon is rarely in the news?